Coffee and walnut cake
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Coffee and walnut cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts.
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| Type | Cake |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Main ingredients | Sponge cake, coffee, walnut pieces |
History
In 1934, McDougall's published a recipe it called "new".[1]
Ingredients and preparation
The cake is a sponge cake flavoured with coffee and walnuts.[1] It is made with the creaming method.[1] The coffee flavor typically comes from instant coffee or espresso.[1][2]
The cake is usually a layer cake, often filled with coffee-flavoured butter icing, and topped with more coffee-flavoured butter icing and walnut halves.[1]
Availability
According to Epicurious it is "ubiquitous" in the UK.[1] Coffee and walnut cakes are widely available in supermarkets in the United Kingdom.[1][3] It is often offered at bake sales and sold in teahouses in the UK.[1]
Recognition
A Battenberg variation of the cake was the technical challenge in the first episode of the second series of Great British Bake Off.[1] English food writer Nigel Slater has said it would be his final meal if he had a choice.[4][3] Tasting Table called it a classic of British cooking.[5]
Dishes with similar names
The American dish coffee cake is a sweet bread intended to be served with coffee, but which doesn't contain coffee as an ingredient or flavouring. It bears no relation to coffee and walnut cake.[1]
See also
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